Some 31.9 per cent of registered voters cast their ballots in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council election on Sunday, surpassing the record low turnout four years ago in a poll held just over a week after the deadly blaze in Tai Po.
While the turnout rate increased by 1.7 percentage points, the total number of registered voters who cast their ballot dropped by 33,000 compared with 2021 in the second Legco poll held under Beijing’s “patriots-only” electoral overhaul.
Vote counting was under way overnight, with preliminary results suggesting that several incumbents might lose their seats and new faces will make their way into the 90-strong legislature.
Follow our live updates from the central counting station at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai.
Reporting by Matthew Cheng, Vivian Au, Willa Wu and Jeffie Lam.
